Able-bodied male paupers: reason for granting outdoor relief

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Year Sick Other
01 Jul 1884 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1885 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1885 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1886 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1886 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1887 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1887 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1888 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1888 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1889 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1889 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1890 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1890 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1891 34 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jul 1891 28 Show data context 3 Show data context
01 Jan 1892 34 Show data context 4 Show data context
01 Jul 1892 46 Show data context 4 Show data context
01 Jan 1893 103 Show data context 20 Show data context
01 Jul 1893 63 Show data context 7 Show data context
01 Jan 1894 71 Show data context 42 Show data context
01 Jul 1894 67 Show data context 10 Show data context
01 Jan 1895 66 Show data context 63 Show data context
01 Jul 1895 64 Show data context 36 Show data context
01 Jan 1896 52 Show data context 83 Show data context
01 Jul 1896 36 Show data context 61 Show data context
01 Jan 1897 43 Show data context 131 Show data context
01 Jul 1897 34 Show data context 43 Show data context
01 Jan 1898 55 Show data context 144 Show data context
01 Jul 1898 36 Show data context 78 Show data context
01 Jan 1899 41 Show data context 144 Show data context
01 Jul 1899 46 Show data context 58 Show data context
01 Jan 1900 59 Show data context 70 Show data context
01 Jul 1900 33 Show data context 68 Show data context
01 Jan 1901 33 Show data context 75 Show data context
01 Jul 1901 45 Show data context 64 Show data context
01 Jan 1902 68 Show data context 120 Show data context
01 Jul 1902 46 Show data context 56 Show data context
01 Jan 1903 51 Show data context 98 Show data context
01 Jul 1903 66 Show data context 110 Show data context
01 Jan 1904 77 Show data context 217 Show data context
01 Jul 1904 78 Show data context 200 Show data context
01 Jan 1905 77 Show data context 523 Show data context
01 Jul 1905 82 Show data context 322 Show data context
01 Jan 1906 99 Show data context 561 Show data context
01 Jul 1906 84 Show data context 263 Show data context
01 Jan 1907 106 Show data context 426 Show data context
01 Jul 1907 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1908 150 Show data context 287 Show data context
01 Jul 1908 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1909 143 Show data context 259 Show data context
01 Jul 1909 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1910 152 Show data context 181 Show data context
01 Jul 1910 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
01 Jan 1911 175 Show data context 254 Show data context
01 Jul 1911 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Date: Source:
1884 - 1911 Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO) ,

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From 1884 onwards, The reports of the Local Government Board sub-divided their counts of able-bodied male paupers on outdoor relief into those relieved because of sickness and those relieved "for other causes". The main "other cause" was probably unemployment. Note that able-bodied female paupers were instead categorised into wives and widows.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leicester RegD/PLU/PLPar through time | Work & Poverty Statistics | Able-bodied male paupers: reason for granting outdoor relief, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 24th June 2024